Thanks. If nothing else I get a neat old (crappy quality) toy in a neat old box. :3 And I'm pretty sure that's the one I'm getting, which is good because the 1A is my favorite VF-1, and somehow I have yet to own a toy of it (save for a little TV Max version gashapon I have...)

VenomMacbeth Wrote:
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> Thanks. If nothing else I get a neat old (crappy
> quality) toy in a neat old box. :3 And I'm pretty
> sure that's the one I'm getting, which is good
> because the 1A is my favorite VF-1, and somehow I
> have yet to own a toy of it (save for a little TV
> Max version gashapon I have...)

The bootleg I have is of pretty good quality. Obviously the molding is a bit less good than the original and paint apps too, but the plastics and diecast are top-notch.

VenomMacbeth Wrote:
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> I could have sworn you had to parts-form with the
> little kaiyodo valks...
>
> You know, you'd think that with Takara making the
> Smallest Transformers, someone making tiny chunky
> munky valks wouldn't be such a stretch...but alas.

Kind of like a "The Chogokin" line from a few years back where they did microshrunk versions of full size robots. I loved those. How cool would that be. Nothing fiddly or weird just a shrunk down version of the best and most playable version of the Valk...You know I have always felt that all of the Yamato/hi-metal/toynami/whoever the hell else other versions of the valkyrie have all felt kind of like trying to reinvent the mousetrap...novel but not better...when something is perfect it is perfect...

VenomMacbeth: What can I say about the Hi-Metal VF-1S...Is it great...Nope...Is it awful...Nope...Does it fill me with an overwhelming sense of "Meh"...Yep...Do I like having it on my shelf-o-Fockers...Yep...

Well I got that 1/100 KO valk...it's pretty awesome. The tab that holds the body halves together in battroid mode broke, but I stuck a little piece of plastic in the hole there & it holds together just fine. It also lacks rigidity in fighter mode, but I suspect that to be a takatoku-engineering problem. All-in-all, AWESOME. I need more 1/100 taka valks.

Haha...thanks for posting that, Dan. Seriously, I was gonna either paint the ceiling and back wall of the city bay with glow paint or just glue in some glow vinyl sheeting to simulate the lit "sky". Still trying to figure a way to paint the buildings, themselves, in a way that won't drive me mad.

I wasn't gonna bother doing all the windows/lights on the rest of the exterior of the ship, but now, after seeing how amazing they look on this guy's toy, I may just go ahead and do that now...